We join a great many others in this work. 

Our Mission

As part of our Quaker witness, we are committed to support Friends in their efforts to:

• Raise awareness about state-sponsored torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment;

• Totally abolish such practices; and

• Assist all those damaged by such practices.

The Quaker Initiative to End Torture (QUIT)

• Our first conference was June 2-4, 2006 at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina with 126 people attending from 18 Yearly Meetings in 4 countries.  Report on conference 2006 page.

• Our second conference was held on June 1-3 2007 at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina with 95 people.  More information on our conference page.

• As a result of a planning meeting held in October, a QUIT steering committee has been established. More will be shared soon about the direction of QUIT and how you can help.

 We thank

• Friends World Committee on Consultation, which provided conference seed money.

• The Brown Fund of New England Yearly Meeting for supporting our work with a grant in 2007.

• The many Friends and others who created a flood of response to the call for a conference on torture. Many ideas have been shared. It became clear that a large historic work, similar to early Quaker work in prison reform, abolition, and women’s suffrage, is at hand. Our planning will be for a long-term work, perhaps of more than one generation. It’s also clear that such large and difficult work is good for our spiritual muscles, individually and corporately.

Donate

Orange Grove Meeting in Pasadena, CA receives tax-deductible donations for this work and will process conference registration moneys. Checks should be made out to Orange Grove Meeting with a reference to QUIT in the memo line.  And mailed to Joe Franko, 7649 Airlie Dr, Tujunga CA 91042

She Made a Quilt to Spread the Word

Denny Webster of Boulder Meeting CO wrote us, "The quilt I am making for the conference is coming along. I will send a photo soon. Mary White (who's now in Boulder, used to be part of Strawberry Creek meeting) has made glass tears for the faces. I think there are 32 faces on an American flag. It's taken longer than I hoped." Denny finished the quilt and we are proud to give you a photo. Click HERE to see the quilt.

To see some images that have been sent to us, click HERE.

To view information from the conference archives, click HERE